Jan 2026 London PARTNER roles - multiple practice areas. Do NOT start looking yet! Read below..

Segal Placements; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal recruitment agency is seeking experienced lateral Partners for positions within leading law firms in London. The ideal candidates should be legally qualified in England and Wales and currently practicing in private law. This agency specializes in filling Partner roles across various sectors, including M&A, Litigation, and Property Law. Candidates with an established client base are preferred. This is an opportunity to leverage strong industry connections for future placement success.

Qualifications

• Must have a client base or following as a lateral Partner.
• Experience in senior roles, such as full-equity Partners or Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Fill Partner-level roles across various practice areas in top law firms.
• Engage in recruitment processes and build relationships with candidates.

Skills

Legal qualification to work in England and Wales

Experience in Private Practice in the UK

Job description

Job Details

Segal Placements is a Partner‑led legal recruitment agency focussing on lateral hires into private practice within London. Our contacts within our client firms are senior lawyers, Heads of Departments, Managing Partners and CEOs. If you are a Partner and are considering your future and have aspirations of joining a new Firm for whatever reason (current Firm is underperforming or internal issues, concerns about your own performance, difficulties with co‑Partners) do NOT start going to market now. The Christmas break is upon us, the effects of Mrs Reeves's budget need time to sink in, and as we know from personal experience over many years, lateral hiring Partner hiring processes slow down quite dramatically in the last few weeks of the year as hiring and sponsoring Partners turn their attention to completing client work before the break rather than setting up meetings for potential recruits. Nevertheless the Partnerlateral hiring market remains bullish and we currently have mandates to fill over 30 roles at that level at some of the country's leading law firms on actual Partner mandates, including from leading international and US Firms, National Firms, Regional Firms and strong West End / Mayfair Firms. We have live roles in all of the practice areas listed below, all looking to be filled in Q1 of 2026.

As a lateral Partner you WILL be required to have some sort of following / client base of your own although from some not as much as others (varying depending on the strategic need of the Firm). Candidates in every instance need to be:

• Legal qualified to work in England and Wales
• Currently working in Private Practice in the UK

Partner Roles We Are Looking to Fill

• Employment
• Structured Finance
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction
• Contentious Insolvency
• M&A and Private Equity
• IT / Commercial Contracts
• HNW Residential Property / Landed Estates
• Private Wealth
• International Arbitration
• Property Litigation
• Data Protection
• International Projects
• Commercial Real Estate
• Planning
• Family / Divorce
• Banking / Finance

Our roles suit senior and experienced current full-equity Partners, junior Partners and senior non-Partners (Counsel / Legal Director level) who have started to nurture a few relationships of their own and have their own book of business. We have fantastic relationships with almost all of The Lawyer Top 200 Firms, so even if we are not currently aware of any roles in your particular practice area, we have direct access to the key decision makers in all of these Firms and so can readily drum up a list of possibilities for you.

How We Differ

• We almost ONLY work on Partner and Partner Designate roles (95% of our jobs)
• We ONLY work with the Lawyer TOP 200 Firms
• Our contacts are almost exclusively Managing Partners, CEOs and Heads of Department who we have a direct line through to and from who we tend to get very swift feedback.
• Our Director previously spent many years working on the Chambers Legal Directories and as a result has an in depth understanding of which Firms best suit which individuals and multiple contacts at most leading Law Firms.
• We have placed at and worked with virtually every one of the top 200 Law Firms and a majority of US Firms in London.

Contact

So whether you are tentatively looking to explore the market, seriously looking or simply want a greater understanding of current market conditions, feel free to contact us for a confidential discussion on 0203 930 1003 or email our Director, Julian at